Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Industrial Torch Fuels Faster Development of Materials for Extreme Environments

Engineers at Johns Hopkins APL have demonstrated a fast, low-cost way to screen materials for extreme aerospace environments using a common industrial torch, helping developers narrow promising ...
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Hopkins Collaboration Expands Access to Maritime Testing and Advanced Sensing

Students from the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) collaborated with researchers at Johns Hopkins APL to ...
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Paxton Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

Johns Hopkins APL’s Larry Paxton has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Throughout his career, Paxton has helped deepen scientists’ understanding of Earth’s upper atmosphere ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Developing New Heatsink Using Additive Manufacturing

Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are developing a new thermal-management capability to help manage heat in systems where space and weight are ...
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SURPASS Projects Tackle the ‘Beyond Possible’

Three Johns Hopkins teams have won funding through the latest cycle of the SURPASS initiative, a joint effort between the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and the ...
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Three Johns Hopkins APL Innovations Earn 2026 R&D 100 Honors

Three technologies developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have been named as winners of 2026 R&D 100 Awards, which recognize the year’s ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Contributions Fuel Critical Navy Cybersecurity System

The Navy-engineered Situational Awareness, Boundary Enforcement, and Response (SABER) system, with key capabilities developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, ...
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Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage

In the clean room at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, Emory Toomey (left) and Hunter Reeling integrate the engineering model of Dragonfly’s Integrated Electronics ...
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Simulating the Seas to Make Additive Manufacturing Fleet-Ready

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has partnered with GKN Aerospace to develop a novel capability that simulates shipboard motion for additive manufacturing. This ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Expertise Supports New Navy Jammer

An updated jammer was developed for the U.S. Navy with advice and expertise from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, which worked with government and industry to ...
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NASA’s IMAP Reaches Orbit to Start Study of Heliosphere and Space Weather

After a three-and-a-half-month journey, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has finally reached its destination, a strategic location between the Sun and Earth where it will ...
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NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Developed CINEMA Mission to Study Space Weather

NASA has selected Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to begin developing a mission that will shed more light on the growing impacts of space ...